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I'll give you three guesses what this week's Globe hockey podcast is about ... and you may not need two of them. Eric Duhatschek and I offer our thoughts on Jim Balsillie and the Coyotes business and also get into the four playoff series going on in the background. As much as I love me a good hockey business story, it's unfortunate this bankruptcy business couldn't have waited another month. (Then again, at least it didn't occur during the finals.)

Myself and Eric Duhatschek do a few postmortems on the Flames, Sharks, Rangers and Devils, and offer picks for the second round in the weekly podcast. Among the questions: Should Calgary look to move Dion Phaneuf? How does San Jose retool? Are the Rangers in trouble next season and could Marty Brodeur be on the downswing?

Another week, another podcast. This time around, Sean Gordon breaks down the Habs demise, Eric Duhatschek talks about the Hawks-Flames series, and we all look at why the Blues couldn't win a game, why the Bruins couldn't lose and if the Capitals can manage a comeback. (You can subscribe to these on iTunes, too.)

Previewing the NHL playoffs and making some pool picks along with Eric Duhatschek and The Globe and Mail's Vancouver-based correspondent Matthew Sekeres. This one's nearly an hour long, so grab a hot chocolate.

This week in the newsroom, we hand out some of the major NHL awards. I'll have a more in-depth take on my picks when all of the games are finished, but the early leaders are in here along with Eric Duhatschek's. The preview? He's a Chara guy, I go Green.

This week's topics include the NHL-NHLPA spat over Olympic participation, a potential labour war in 2011, the struggling Alberta teams and the Sharks' playoff hopes. On the podcast: Eric Duhatschek and Al Maki, both based out of Calgary.

Here's a little something we've been working on in the newsroom the past couple weeks: The Globe Sports podcast. They are generally about a half hour, and so far have included Eric Duhatschek, Matt Sekeres in Vancouver, Sean Gordon in Montreal and myself. In the near future, the plan is for the shows to be on iTunes with other podcasts offered by the newspaper. This week's edition is about the Habs, the Bruins, the Red Wings and the Blue Jackets. Among other things.